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VOL. 21—jNo. 51
NORTH CANTON, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1944
?2.00 PER YEAR
Woman's Club Announces
Noted Artists to Appear
in Musicale Next Friday
Jap Bomber Loses Race with Death
We Are America
What are the United States,? Not a mere collection of sovereign states, each ruler of its own destiny. Not a federation
drawn together for convenience in defense, or for economic
reasons.
As Erie Johnston, President of the United Chamber of
Commerce, wrote: "It is an error to describe the United States as a sovereign union of sovereign states. It is the people
who are sovereign. The people of each state give to their
state government what powers 'they please. They retain the
rest. The people of all the statels together give to the national government such powers as they please and retain the
rest.
■The United States of America are the American people—
neither rich nor poor; neither employer nor employee, neither Elack nor White, neither Protestant,- Catholic or Jew—but
Americans all—united under a common banner which calls
for equal opportunity and equal justice for all.
It is this democratic cohesion that is our greatest strength
and greatest protection. Working together as one people,
without regard to class, creed or color, we have coordinated
different elements, people of different faiths and different
backgrounds into one common whole — not sacrificing- the
good in their pasts, but welding them together with a common vision of a world of freedom. It is this cohesiveness, this
ability to assimilate the good and discard the bad that has
made the United States the richest and most envied nation on
earth.
Our land, fertile though it is, has in itself no merit except
what we give it! It is the toil of people that has made it
fruitful. Even its vast, mineral resources are of no use until
they are torn from'the earth and developed by man. A country is no greater, than its people. It is its people.
^The United' States 'is"tfre~"Ameriea'ri people7." We are a-na-"
tion of individuals, entitled by our form of government to individual rights and with individual responsibilities. What the
"future of the United States will be, is what you arid I. and all
our fellow citizens worsting together, do. We can follow the
course already mapped out for us by the signers of our Constitution, working out by peaceful means the way to a better
world and a more equable distribution of the bounties of a
free country. We can make of the United States the Utopia
of which men have dreamed throughout the ages—a land of
peace and prosperity, of justice and brotherhood for all. We
can do this because we are the United States. We are America.
Can Politicians Be Honest?
Recently I was asked if I believed that politicians can be
fair and honest. My answer was that most certainly they
can, if we, the people, permit them toj be so. A more pertinent question would have been: "Can the voting public be fair
and honest with the politicians?"
The fact that we have had, now have, and unfortunately
may have in the future some dishonest politicians is due in
great part to our careless attitude toward good government
and to our selfish, unreasonable demands upon those whom
we elect to public office.
Most men elected to political office are inherently honest—
they aspire to serve their fellow citizens well—they embark
on their public careers fired with zeal to do a thorough, unselfish job of cleaning up corruption and of administering
honestly, capably and economically the public affairs entrusted to their control and guidance. The exceptions to this rule
are few.
The new political electee barely has time to hang his hat
on the peg provided by the taxpayers' money before the onslaught begins. Individuals, committees, pressure groups,
corporations,, mendicants, cranks, chiselers, social reformers
and legions of others besiege him for this favor and that
handout—nearly all of them making selfish, unreasonable
demands upon him to crack open the public treasury and
give them some of the loot.
'Tis a hardy soul indeed who can withstand this bombardment of patronage pan-handlers and merciless mendicants
and few there are of our politicians 'who 'are successful in entirely resisting the barrage. So, we, the people are responsible for corrupting our politicians.
Another thing that contributes to political delinquency lies
in continuing any one man too long in office. Elected officers
should be changed frequently in order to keep them responsive to public interests. During his first years of office, an
official makes his real contribution to the country, the state
or municipalitiy. When he attempts to perpetuate himself in
of ice by building up slush funds and relief tickets and by increasing the number on the public payroll, while at the same
time declaiming his indispensability and pronouncing that a
state of emergency exists with which only he can cope, then
it is high time to dispense with his services and retire him to
private life. This applies to any alderman, mayor, a state
legislator, a member of Congress or even a president of the
United States.
Yes, politicians can be fair and honest if we, the electors,
demand it of them and refrain from using them as tools by
means g£ which to plunder the taxpayers' money. And as to
those politicians who are just naturally "bad ones," they can
be taken care of very nicely by an aroused electorate—they
just can't stayjrin office against the wishes of the people.
Come next No^jember 8th, there ought to be a lot of present-
day-public offAeeS-holders looking for new jobs', the salaries
of ^which, will not.-'come-out of-the publictreasury.
Outstanding Child Musicians,
Reader on Program; Regular Club Meeting Monday
Next Friday evening^, October 20
the North Canton Senior Woman's
club -will present a musicale at the
Community Christian church.
Three guest artists will appear on
the program which will stait at 8
o'clock.
Miss Cynthia Ann Hilbish, 11
year old Akron pianist who has
studied music since she was five
and a half years old; Miss Shirley
Ann Givens of Louisville, 13 year
old Louisville violinist, who has
been winning acclaim for her musical ability for the past five yeais,
and Miss Alice Demmy, reader, a
pupil at Lincoln high 'school are
the guest artists.
Miss Hilbish, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Hilbish, has
been a pupil of Mrs. C. K. Donat of
Greentown since she first started
her musical studies. She had 'given
two recitals, one at the age of
eight and the other at the age of
ten. When she was nine years old
she was winner of a) superior plus
rating at the Northeast Ohio, district Grade school music contest
held in Wooster. The judges verdict there was "most outstanding-
ability."
Miss Givens, daughter of Mr.
and Mis.' Fired G. Givens started
her musical caaeer when she was
five years old and has been a member of the Hollywood Baby orchestra for the last five years. Site lias
studied tinder Richard Oppenheim,
conductor of the Canron Svmphony
orchestra and for the last five
years has won the State Award in
violin) in the Junior Competitive
Festivals, sponsored by the Federation of Music clubs, and has received national honors. Last year
she was soloist with the Canton
Symphony icrchesitra and has been
(presented in recitals throughout
the state. In addition to her studies
here she is a pupil of Mr. Hans
Letz of ithe Juilliard School in New
York.
Miss Demmy, 16 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Demmy
of Canton served as president of
the Junior McDowell club last
year. She studied under Mrs. Conrad Stolzenback for three years
.and for the past two years has
been a pupil of Mrs. C. T. Branin.
Mrs. Ernest Roglin is chairman
-of the .program1.
The regular meeting qf the Woman's club will be held next Monday evening at 7:30 in the Community building. Rev. Fr. Austin
Scully, Catholic chaplain at Massillon State Hospital -will be the
guest speaker. This will be an
open meeting and Mrs. T. M. Hahn
is chairman.
Blind goods, which will be on
sale .at this meeting are from t^e
PhiLomathean, Home in Oariton.
Mrs. D. W. Lerch is music chairman and Miss Kathleen Garter of
Canton will be guest vocalist. Receptionists will be Mrs. Harry
Mohler and Mrs. Lewis Walters.
ftSrs* Morrison Ejected
Literary 'Club Leader
Ej ection of officers for the coming year was lw| d at the 'meeting
cf the North Canton, Ladies Literary club Monday evening at the
home of Mrs. F. M. Evans.
Mrs. A. L. Morrison will be
the president for the coming year,
Mrs. F. M. Crawford, vice president; Mrs. M. M. Rubright, treasurer; Mrs. D. W. Roush, secretary;
and Mrs. E. E. Clouser, chaplain.
Tlhe program for the evening included a reading by Mrs. E. L.
Garman, who also conducted a quiz
on current events, and poems read
by Mrs. Susan Holl.
The next meeting will be the
annual fall luncheon at Fish's
manor on Saturday, Oct. 21 at I
p. m.
BJfinistersaS Association
to Meet Here fcdav
The Canton and Stark County
Ministerial association will be entertained as wxz Thursday eve
The club wil; work to have a
dred iper ei-nt attendance - at!
meeting. Members will meet
Community rmildinj. .md go
group.
C. B. Williams was puest speai
er at the T.ieiaing thi-s week. La,1
week Cap". William Snee- of th
army air force, h.oiie from -over
seas, and Fire Controlman Thirc
Class Dale Holl were guests of thd
club.
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NEW YORK—Soundphoto—Liberation of fortified medieval port of Patras (1) last of Nazi etnang- '
holds of Peloponnesus, highlights the opening phase of Allied invasion Iof Greece and a new push to .
hasten collapse of Balkans. Parachute troops quickly seized Patras airfields and are already using
them both for attack and transportation of troops. Sea borne troops also are engaged in diriving enemy -*
troops from garrisons. Bombings of key German airfield in Athens area (2) immediately began, while. I--.
British warships opened onl Crete (3) and, islands in Dodecanese group. The troops, reported'to "'have f,
come-from Egypt,-,began action'with invasion of Kythera (4) at base of-peninsula, , \ .'1